Senior Specialist Engineer - Power Electronics

Eatons CTO Corporate Technology Office division is currently seeking a Senior Specialist Engineer - Power Electronics. The expected annual salary range for this role is $137,000 - $201,000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What youll do:

Job Summary Eaton Research Lab (ERL) has an exciting and rewarding position of a Specialist Engineer in Power Conversion to support research and technology development in emerging technology programs. The job function includes developing and testing innovative power conversion technologies and identifying market opportunities for the new technologies, support businesses to evaluate market studies and develop business cases. The individual will also identify internal and external funding resource, support discussions with national labs and university leaders to be on top of the key technologies identified. A key role will be to establish customer relationships, present ideas and projects to Eaton business leaders and ERL leadership. Ability to communicate complicated technologies in a clear and concise way to a variety of different audiences (business leaders, technical colleagues and lay people). A good blend of technical knowledge and business acumen is required to be successful in this position. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Technology Manager for Power Electronics (PE) group of ERL. This position is in Southfield, Michigan.

Job Responsibilities

• As a technical leader, create emerging power conversion & power system solutions based on breakthrough technologies for industrial, automotive, truck, and aerospace applications.
• Lead and develop technology projects by supporting teams (local and remote resources) and working with external technology resources (Business Divisions, Universities and Customers).
• Advance state of the art power electronics, power systems, and power converter technologies, as well as identify and develop commercialization opportunities with diverse Eaton businesses.
• Lead and collaborate with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural globally distributed teams, lead specific task within the scope of work and provide updates to project manager.
• Identify, analyze, develop and validate advanced technologies in the fields of power conversion and Power Systems.
• Initiate, lead and support global technology programs utilizing Eatons technology development processes including Business Reviews, Technology Reviews, and Project Reviews.
• Participate in technology strategy discussions with Eatons Businesses and develop technology road maps.
• Lead and support technology development projects and manage global teams (Eaton Business Divisions, Universities, National Labs and Customers).
• Create project plans, manage budgets and resources, and deliver results on budget and schedule.
• Engage with and manage stakeholder relationships - Business Divisions in the US and globally.
• Lead projects with partners from national labs, universities and other research institutes.
• Build global organizational capabilities in power conversion and power systems.

Qualifications:

Basic (required) Qualifications:

• PhD degree in related field
• Minimum of 7 years industrial or entrepreneurial experience
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in low and medium voltage power conversion and power systems engineering, including creating specifications, defining application space, designing technical solution concepts, and building and testing prototypes to validate models/hypotheses and documenting results.
• Expertise in the following areas: Motor Drive technology, drive/converter topologies, high-power electronics; electric machines and controls; electrification of vehicles, energy storage, and grid connected converters; alternative power generation and distribution.
• Experience in modeling power converters and power systems using simulation tools (example: MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, Simplorer, PSIM and/or PSCAD).
• Experience in power electronics electromechanical packaging techniques; understanding of the effects of parasitic capacitance/inductance on circuit performance, familiarity with techniques for the minimization and/or control of parasitics, familiarity with voltage creepage and clearance requirements and various insulation and interconnection techniques; familiarity with various power electronic component cooling techniques, etc.
• Appreciation for the trade-offs necessary to achieve designs that meet performance requirements and cost objective solutions.
• Experience with real time simulators such as DSPACE, OPAL-RT and/or RTDS.
• Proven track record in new technology development with multiple stakeholders in a matrixed organizations.

Skills:

• Good English communication and presentation skills (oral and written)
• Experience formulating value proposition of new technologies

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